Definition of Strigils. Meaning of Strigils. Synonyms of Strigils

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Definition of Strigils

Strigil
Strigil Strig"il, n. [L. strigilis, from stringere to graze, scrape.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.

Meaning of Strigils from wikipedia

- it to symbolize strigils. One source offers an alternative portrayal of strigils, "a secondary meaning for the word stlengis, strigil, is wreath or tiara...
- bring a capsarius, a slave that carried his master's towels, oils, and strigils to the baths and then watched over them once in the baths, as thieves and...
- Museum, Princeton University. pp. 36–48. Boardman, John. "Sickles and Strigils". The Journal of ****enic Studies: 136–137. Milne 1907, p. 39-40. Milne...
- "because the s****ings, which the Argonauts formed when they used their strigils, became congealed, the pebbles on the s**** remain variegated still to...
- a toilet kit that consisted of anointing oils, perfume, a sponge, and strigils (curved metal instruments used to s****e oil, sweat, and dirt from the...
- graphic device appears on a mosaic: a phallic oil can is surrounded by strigils in the shape of female genitalia, juxtaposed with an "Ethiopian" water-bearer...
- small curved instrument that the Gr****s called a stlengis and the Romans a strigil. The most renowned Apoxyomenos in classical Antiquity was that of Lysippos...
- Callipyge statue, 1st or 2nd Century B.C. An Ancient Gr**** athlete using a strigil, which is a device used for cleaning off oil and dirt Ancient Gr**** sprinters...
- for a m****age with oils and final s****ing with metal implements called strigils. Some baths also contained a laconi**** (a dry, resting room) where the...
- naked, rubbing their bodies with olive oil and then cleaning with the strigil. Historically, the gymnasium was used for exercise, communal bathing (Thermae)...